Droid 2 LCD uses too much battery
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I found I was able to about double my battery life by setting my brightness manually to about 10%. I've found this to be plenty of illumination in just about any situation unless I'm trying to view my phone outside.
A nice brightness widget I've found is called "Brightness Level."
A nice brightness widget I've found is called "Brightness Level."
Could it just be a case of "new gadget syndrome" ? The D2 is my sixth Android phone, and they all seem to suffer from this "bug" when I first get them.
I completely agree with this when i first got my phone it would die fairly quickly but just because I wouldn't ever put it down.
haha yeah cause you have to set everything up and download all your apps and such so its a huge battery drain there.
but back to the OT of course the screen/display uses the most amount of power on your phone and what you are seeing there is normal.
your battery life seems pretty good if after 7 hours you still have over 1/2 your battery
I gotta say, i couldn't disagree more.
Look at my signature, i've had quite a few Androids and so far they've all been horrible. But even though i'm gonna get the fascinate, I don't think i'll beat the battery life on the droid2. I've been VERY impressed with this phone's battery life. All of the Android phones i've had were lucky to get 18-24 hours of battery life with moderate use. The galaxy S's did better than the EVO, but the droid 2 has been the winner in this department.
On the EVO, i typically got 10-16 hours
On the GAlaxy S's, i was gettin 18-28 hours
On the Droid2 i've been getting 33-55 hours
All have the same 1400mh battery and i use them all the same way.
My phone is currently on 50 hours without plugging it in. (i have an app for that) and it was only at 90% when i unplugged it.
Look at my signature, i've had quite a few Androids and so far they've all been horrible. But even though i'm gonna get the fascinate, I don't think i'll beat the battery life on the droid2. I've been VERY impressed with this phone's battery life. All of the Android phones i've had were lucky to get 18-24 hours of battery life with moderate use. The galaxy S's did better than the EVO, but the droid 2 has been the winner in this department.
On the EVO, i typically got 10-16 hours
On the GAlaxy S's, i was gettin 18-28 hours
On the Droid2 i've been getting 33-55 hours
All have the same 1400mh battery and i use them all the same way.
My phone is currently on 50 hours without plugging it in. (i have an app for that) and it was only at 90% when i unplugged it.
well there was that test done a couple of weeks ago that found the DroidX and Droid2 to be above the normal
Display is always the biggest energy user by far on my Droid 2 and I have the brightness turned down to about 5% and I am no longer using a live wallpaper...I can't think of what else it could be?
My Droid 1 and now Droid X always have 50% or more of there battery tied to display. My Droid X is typically much higher than 50% as matter of fact mine is 72%. With most typically batter drains turned off I got 20 hours or so on my Droid X. That is because I listen to music and FM radio 2 hours a day.
It is also a sign that you don't have any other apps that are eating a lot of battery. My D1 and now my D2 both look like that.
The only time my D1 was different was when I:
a) Installed an app that was poorly written and consumed a lot of battery life.
b) Spent most of the day with the screen off but music playing (MP3 or Pandora)
c) Had a horrible signal so the Radio took up a much larger percentage than normal looking for a signal
The only time my D1 was different was when I:
a) Installed an app that was poorly written and consumed a lot of battery life.
b) Spent most of the day with the screen off but music playing (MP3 or Pandora)
c) Had a horrible signal so the Radio took up a much larger percentage than normal looking for a signal
I just leave my display settings low and then use the Power Control widget to spike up the brightness if needed be.
how did you get such good battery life on your droid 2? please share your secrets.
I get somewhere between 30-40 hours of battery life and that's with running Pandora or listening to a podcast for at least 45 mins over 3G every work day (I walk during lunch for exercise).
- I'm rooted.
- I've set my backlight to 10%.
- I've renamed the following apps (adding .bak) so they never run:
AdService.apk.bak
amazonmp3_1.8.11_signed_zipaligned.apk.bak
Blockbuster.apk.bak
CityID.apk.bak
DLNA.apk.bak
DlnaSystemService.apk.bak
FriendFeed.apk.bak
HomeSyncWizard.apk.bak
Mynet.apk.bak
- I set weather to update only every 6 hours.
- I check Twitter and Facebook every now and then but I have them set to only update when they run.
- I don't run any widgets that constantly update (like twitter, weather, etc.)
- I download RSS feeds and podcasts whenever I'm charging the phone (though I usually have more than enough battery to handle a daily feed update and download over 3G without any problem)
- I manually enable and disable GPS and WiFi since they have a tendency to look for signals for no reason. It only takes a second or two to connect to known hotspots or get my location so it's no biggie to me to do that by hand.
- I back up my data at 2am or so daily so there's a good chance that every other backup is done while charging.
- I'm rooted.
- I've set my backlight to 10%.
- I've renamed the following apps (adding .bak) so they never run:
AdService.apk.bak
amazonmp3_1.8.11_signed_zipaligned.apk.bak
Blockbuster.apk.bak
CityID.apk.bak
DLNA.apk.bak
DlnaSystemService.apk.bak
FriendFeed.apk.bak
HomeSyncWizard.apk.bak
Mynet.apk.bak
- I set weather to update only every 6 hours.
- I check Twitter and Facebook every now and then but I have them set to only update when they run.
- I don't run any widgets that constantly update (like twitter, weather, etc.)
- I download RSS feeds and podcasts whenever I'm charging the phone (though I usually have more than enough battery to handle a daily feed update and download over 3G without any problem)
- I manually enable and disable GPS and WiFi since they have a tendency to look for signals for no reason. It only takes a second or two to connect to known hotspots or get my location so it's no biggie to me to do that by hand.
- I back up my data at 2am or so daily so there's a good chance that every other backup is done while charging.
Just barely rooted my Droid 2. I dont really have much of an idea of what to do with it now, though. How do I go about renaming those apps? I've always wanted to get rid of that crap.
Snag Root Explorer or some other root-permission-enabled file explorer from the market for a few bucks or use adb if you're familiar with it and want a free way to manipulate files on the /system partition.
I'll assume you go with an app like Root Explorer (well worth it, in my mind).
Open Root Explorer and hop into the /system/app directory. Click the "Mount R/W" button so that the /system partition is writable.
Find any .apks you do not want and long-press on the file until you get a menu. Choose "Rename" and either rename the .apk to .bak or just add .bak to the filename. As long as the file extension no longer reads ".apk", it won't be a program the phone can launch.
Note: Be careful about renaming some of the Blur .apks, as a few still seem to be required for normal phone function. Check other threads on "removing bloat" for some tips and more detailed warnings.
I also highly recommend renaming files instead of deleting them because it provides some options if something ever goes awry or you simply want to re-enable something you removed during the rename process. The multitude of "Oops I deleted somethingImportant.apk! Anyone have it?" threads offer their own words of caution, I'd say.
Good luck!
I'll assume you go with an app like Root Explorer (well worth it, in my mind).
Open Root Explorer and hop into the /system/app directory. Click the "Mount R/W" button so that the /system partition is writable.
Find any .apks you do not want and long-press on the file until you get a menu. Choose "Rename" and either rename the .apk to .bak or just add .bak to the filename. As long as the file extension no longer reads ".apk", it won't be a program the phone can launch.
Note: Be careful about renaming some of the Blur .apks, as a few still seem to be required for normal phone function. Check other threads on "removing bloat" for some tips and more detailed warnings.
I also highly recommend renaming files instead of deleting them because it provides some options if something ever goes awry or you simply want to re-enable something you removed during the rename process. The multitude of "Oops I deleted somethingImportant.apk! Anyone have it?" threads offer their own words of caution, I'd say.
Good luck!
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